Greetings!
Hello and welcome!
My name is Pam Martin, founder of The Consignment Connection, home of Crafters Exchange and the new Crafters Exchange Café.
At The Consignment Connection, our mission is simple: to bring people together through creativity, community, and shared experiences. Whether you're looking to buy and sell craft supplies, attend a crafting retreat, learn a new technique, or simply spend time with fellow makers, we strive to create events that inspire connection and creativity.
My journey began in 2013 with a simple problem: my craft room was overflowing! As an avid scrapbooker, I had accumulated years of supplies and wanted a way to recoup some of my investment rather than simply donate everything. It occurred to me that crafters of all kinds probably faced the same challenge.
That idea became Crafters Exchange, our first craft consignment sale, which launched in 2014 with just 25 consignors. Today, we welcome more than 120 consignors each season and continue to grow.
From the beginning, giving back has been an important part of our mission. While planning our first event, I was involved with efforts supporting domestic violence awareness, and my family was experiencing the heartbreaking loss of my mother to cancer. Those experiences inspired a commitment to use our events not only to serve crafters but also to support charitable organizations within our community. Through the generosity of our consignors, thousands of items have found new homes while remaining donations have helped local nonprofits serve those in need.
Over the years, our events have evolved as our community has grown. In 2021, we expanded into children's and adult clothing consignment events, creating opportunities for local families to save money and support charitable causes. Those experiences helped us build lasting relationships throughout our community and further strengthened our commitment to bringing people together through meaningful events.
Today, our focus is centered on growing our creative community through Crafters Exchange and our newest venture, the Crafters Exchange Café. The Café was created as a place where crafters can gather for retreats, classes, fellowship, and dedicated creative time. Whether you enjoy scrapbooking, knitting, crocheting, sewing, quilting, paper crafting, or any other creative hobby, you'll find a welcoming place at our table.
None of this would be possible without our amazing consignors, volunteers, instructors, attendees, and shoppers. Your support has helped turn a simple idea into a thriving community, and for that, we are incredibly grateful.
We are excited about this next chapter and look forward to creating many more opportunities for makers to learn, connect, create, and inspire one another.
Sincerely,
Pam Martin
Founder, The Consignment Connection
Pam Martin
